Genesis 36:3-13

3 and 1Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.
4 And Adah bore to Esau, 2Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel;
5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
6 Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his livestock, all his beasts, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan. He went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
7 3For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together. 4The land of their sojournings could not support them because of their livestock.
8 So Esau settled in 5the hill country of Seir. (6Esau is Edom.)
9 These are the generations of Esau the father of 7the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.
10 These are the names of Esau's sons: 8Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau.
11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
12 (Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau's son; she bore 9Amalek to Eliphaz.) These are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife.
13 These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.

Genesis 36:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 36

This chapter gives us a genealogical account of Esau's family, of his wives and sons, with whom he removed from Seir, Ge 36:1-10; of his sons' sons, or grandsons, who were dukes in the land of Edom, Ge 36:11-19; after which is inserted a genealogy of Seir the Horite, into whose family Esau married, and of his children, and the dukes among them, Ge 36:20-30; then follows a list of the kings of Edom, before there were any in Israel, Ge 36:31-39; and the chapter is closed with a brief narration of the dukes of Esau, according to their families, Ge 36:40-43.

Cross References 9

  • 1. [Genesis 28:9]
  • 2. ver. 10; 1 Chronicles 1:35
  • 3. Genesis 13:6
  • 4. Genesis 17:8; Genesis 23:4; Genesis 28:4; Genesis 37:1; Hebrews 11:9
  • 5. See Genesis 32:3
  • 6. ver. 1, 19
  • 7. ver. 43
  • 8. ver. 4
  • 9. Numbers 24:20; 1 Samuel 15:2, 3
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